Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Dorian Scale in Open C Tuning

F# Dorian Scale in Open C Tuning shows the same f# dorian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: E major
Tuning: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Dorian Scale: string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 1Eb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 1C#5

Fret 3D#6

Fret 4Eb7

Fret 6F#1

Fret 8G#2

Fret 9Ab3

Fret 11B4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Dorian Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 1 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other scale tones.
Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 11, 6, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.